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After several years of searching, I found a nice clean low use avocado dishwasher for my kitchen. It's a 1975 GE, model GSD281-02. It is replacing an early 2000's Maytag unit that was in place at the time I bought my house. My house has the original kitchen cabinets from 1964 when the house...

I found a nice matched pair 1978 Maytag washer and dryer in Harvest Gold at an estate sale last weekend.  They were in the basement of a 1920's bungalow in Berwyn (just outside of Chicago). They look to be lower hour machines, no rust and very well cared for.  The washer is a GA208 (date code...

I have a recently acquired '67 GE model TCF-19DCB refrigerator that I installed in my kitchen. I know this is a basic question, but is there a trick to removing the white plastic lens/shield to gain access to the light bulb? Usually you can feel carefully to determine how things like this clip...

I came across this nice pair of clean low hour 1974 Lady Kenmores in Coppertone at an estate sale a couple weeks ago. I wasn't expecting to find these, nor were they initially offered for sale when I spotted them. They were in a very nice all original upscale home built in 1958 in River...

Back in January, 2014, I purchased and installed one of those brass armature drive gears for a Kingston model 60 timer motor from Dave Harnish for use in my 1973 Frigidaire dryer (WIA3T), as it suffered from the usual broken plastic drive gear at the time. My 1-18 set has been serving me well...

I've been on the hunt for a GE Americana, preferably in Avocado, but Coppertone and Harvest Gold is ok too. 1969-1980 models. Been searching for quite a number of years such as Facebook Marketplace with no luck. Anyone have one they'd like to sell? I'm willing to do a roadtrip from Chicago.

A good friend of mine found this nice 1970 model GE electric range. I plan to put this one in my kitchen. According to the serial number it was made in July, 1970. It's like new aside from a badly frayed oven door gasket that I'd like to replace. For whatever reason, I'm having a really...

Here's an estate sale find Wards Signature washer dry set in Avocado. The machines have late 1973 and early 1974 date codes. These were made by Borg Warner. They were still in service in the laundry room of the original home, but appear to have been hardly ever used and almost out of the box...

Back in December 2017, I wrote a post in search for information as to what happened to the powder form of DIP-IT stain remover for cleaning coffee percolators. It appeared the product was discontinued by Reckitt & Benckiser sometime in 2015 or 2016, but I couldn't find solid proof to confirm...

I only brew coffee in my electric percolators, which I have a small collection of. I use a #4 filter which fits well in the grounds basket and makes cleaning of the grounds easy after each brew as well as providing a better cup of coffee. I'm particularly curious as to what happened to...

I stumbled upon this nice pair of '69 Lady K's at an estate sale this weekend. They looked almost brand new. As I lifted the control doors open, I could hear the starters flicker and was greeted with nice bright illuminated consoles! The tub looked clean in the washer and had some cobwebs...

It was another good weekend of estate sales and I stumbled upon another matched washer/dryer set that was calling my name to be saved: A 1968 Sears Lady Kenmore set in Avocado! When I went to unhook them, I needed a set of pliers to release the corbin clamps on the discharge and suds saver...

I came across these purely by accident this weekend. I went to a local estate sale only because it was a nice looking original home. Once I walked in, it was obvious nothing in the home had changed since 1968. Original owner home, totally untouched. All original kitchen with all Frigidaire...

I went to a local estate sale on 11-22 and spotted a matched pair of Avocado Frigidaire 1-18's in the basement. They are 1977 models and were still attached and in service. They were $50 bucks for the pair, so I thought that was a good deal. They were somewhat difficult to get out of the...

I was searching Craigslist the day after Thanksgiving and spotted this Frigidaire LC-3 unit from 1975. The listing was 17 days old by the time I found it, so I didn't have high hopes that it was still available. I later noticed that someone had previously posted the listing for this machine in...

I'm shaking the trees a bit...Looking to see if anyone has spotted any Avocado Frigidaire 30" electric ranges or built in dishwashers throughout their recent craigslist searches? Now that I recently found a clean Avocado refrigerator, it got me back into the search for the complimentary...

This was a good weekend at the estates. I picked up two refrigerators in Chicago yesterday, an Avocado Frigidaire from about 1970 and a coppertone GE from March of 1973. Both came with their original owners manuals and the Frigidaire came with some additional technical manuals. The GE was...

Anyone familiar with the year/model of this one? Looks to be of the "rarer" variety of vintage dryers still out there... It's at an upcoming estate sale by me. Perhaps the matching washer is still down there just pushed out of the way. http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/347007.aspx

Looks very nice. In Downers Grove, IL (just outside Chicago) http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/334806.aspx

This is at a local estate sale, photos are from the estate sale ad but cannot tell what this machine is. Anyone know?